THE MARINE AMPHIPODA OF 
NORTHUMBERLAND. 
By ALEXANDER MEEK, M.Sc. 
The following list of ampliipods is presented as a preliminary 
one. There is a good deal of material still which I have not found 
time to examine. I feel, too, that a few of even the commoner 
species have been overlooked ; but, on the other hand, some are 
recorded which appear to be very rare. 
The work was much facilitated by Sars’ splendid monograph on 
the Crustacea of Norway, the classification and nomenclature of 
which, with few exceptions (which are pointed out), are adopted. 
I beg to express my grateful thanks to Canon Norman for the 
interest he has shown in the preparation of this paper, for much help 
in identifying some of the species, and for kindly examining the 
proof and marking (*) the species of which he had no previous record 
from the north-east coast of England. 
Tribe — Hyperiidea 
F amily — H yperiida:. 
Hyper ia galba (Mont). 
Male from surface, Druridge Bay, 8th September, 1896. 
*1 iyperoche tauriformi s (Bate and Westwood). 
Young and adult specimens have been obtained nearly every year 
in the surface nets at the trawling excursions. 
Parathemisto oblicia (Kroyer). 
A few young examples were taken at the surface in Druridge 
Bay, 8tli September, 1896, and in Skate Roads, 28th June, 1901. 
Kuthemisto compressa (Goes). 
This form was taken in company with the Parathemisto at 
Druridge Bay on 8th September, 1896, and again in Cambois Bay, 
11th April, 1898. It was got in 50 fathoms 25 miles out on 20th 
August, 1901. 
